Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3bd6ac4d4c25aa6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 03:48:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: af0f6188d74b40e2263a05ec2abeba1b SHA-1: 02f6653fef381532ea39246f26ed263f3ebe91dd SHA-256: f3bd6ac4d4c25aa664c1dffb4c846e41600f43cd6f122ef61638d5facced7e9f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or download of malicious payloads from these compromised sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=from+kr+to+eur PDF link annotation
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609468a145645---mobuxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/12453647616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/441351cebd6b004a0f5fbbb56816d339/99829514246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1631ce75b7---kigejoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baraanduliaptti.org/userfiles/file/34924397102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e78460049e4553eeb2b0d11bfa3d2b98/44572972364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160daf20d2f327---98037491206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovellreunion.com/clients/4/42/420738e4954c29d3cfd02fdb1bc9139f/File/nuruzukerakuxesunebusilal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fogathajtohirek.hu/fckfiles/file/kepaxujusujeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609697aa40a04---pororituduni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobaliva.eu/userfiles/files/kinegatoxibegedobepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pharmaright.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5h8gbuaa7986m2vunfmajbama2/xafumegizovujasefemizevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b53274062f2510f3ccf5aadc78b77971/96842785045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3fe0a1720b---xanefiderefexefewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thephinhmienbac.com/upload/files/xivatazigonovifuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ht-cooling-j3t.com/contents//files/podalazil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.toptehnik.si/images/kegadixoxojajijobope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ov36chtjkcrl8api7psgmu30f1/98410258317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19097eac101219597e5a154fd8907328/41858555825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kpe5aka1jadveqh814hea92sc1/velidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelstrack.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/35593608789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080735869702---43568465102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernitznigg.at/files/1320941135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210603153124410771rkssch.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b82b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB82B 15924 bytes
SHA-256: 3700b690ab0cdb91f5dcf44f0ab30850e25f4258e8cd17ba774f20e235966e04
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8E9 9868 bytes
SHA-256: ec28fb2666ba7c64d022dd13729ccbaa773e8ff5e6216f12b7390e73419a29ba